r/oddlysatisfying • u/ShallowAstronaut • 1d ago

Cutting a pineapple

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u/asoupo77 1d ago

What an annoying process. Really makes you appreciate bananas.

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u/discdraft 1d ago

Have you tried Manzano aka "apple" bananas? They are a super sweet banana unique to Hawaii. People sell them at farm stands along with the best banana bread to ever exist. I'd do another trip just to eat bananas and local pineapple again.

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u/singlestrike 1d ago

They are not unique to Hawaii :). In Brazil we call them nanicas, but we also refer to them as banana maçã (apple bananas).

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u/bomber991 18h ago

I’m pretty sure I’ve bought these at HEB a few times. So definitely not unique to Hawaii.

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u/singlestrike 8h ago

Things can still be shipped. I think OP thought they were uniquely grown in Hawaii, if I had to guess, which they are still not.

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u/Sassafras_albidum 1d ago

Ahhh, Manzano, Hawaiian for banana

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u/Rightintheend 23h ago

Hawaii? around here you find them in the Latino markets, they're a South American and Central American thing.

See them all the time when I go to Brazil, but also they have like 10 different types of bananas down there.

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u/quiteCryptic 1d ago

Theres lots of varieties of bananas like that in climates where bananas grow, I always like to try any varieties I can find when traveling. I tried another 2 or 3 types of bananas just in Hawaii I remember.

But yes those ones are the most common after the 'regular' ones and are pretty solid

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u/Electrical-State-733 1d ago

Except for the whole 'USA' thing...

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u/SuccessfulMumenRider 1d ago

What are you, some kind of agent of “Big Banana” or something?

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u/ak47workaccnt 1d ago

Everyone is trying to sell you something.

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u/hotandchevy 22h ago

Coffs Harbour represent.

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u/shotgun-octopus 1d ago

Gotta appreciate those thick, ripe, dripping juicy bananas

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u/Laiko_Kairen 1d ago

Really makes you appreciate bananas.

Modern GMO bananas, that is. Originally, they had very little actual fruit and lots of big seeds

https://www.science.org/content/article/researchers-have-gone-bananas-over-fruit-s-complex-ancestry

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u/EscapeReady717 1d ago

That's not GMO -- it's selective breeding.

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u/Laiko_Kairen 1d ago

That's what genetic modification is. Read the article. They discuss in length introducing genes from other varietals, and discuss banana DNA.

People think of GMO as meaning only big companies hiring legions of scientists in white coats, but it's a broader definition than you think

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u/Ok-Worth398 1d ago

lmao! Best comment!